Amasyalıdır. Ümerâdan Sunkuroğlu İsâ Bey’in [23] mahdûmu ve Yahşî Bey’in biraderidir. Hacı Şadgeldi Paşa devrinde ümerâdan olup 783’de Kadı Burhân Muharebesinde cesurâne harp ederken Hacı Şadgeldi Paşa ile beraber esir oldu. Hacı Şadgeldi Paşa maktûl oldukta bu fidye-i necât verip kurtuldu.
Ba’dehû Amasya Emîri Fahreddîn Ahmed Paşa ümerâsından olup 788’de Amasya emâreti, Birinci Sultân Murâd Hünkâra inkıyâd ederken hizmeti sebk ederek 798 hudûdunda Rumeli muharebâtında şehîden vefât etdi. Mahdûmları Yûsuf, Hamza Beylerdir. Hamza Bey, amcası Yahşî Bey’e dâmâd olup 804’de Timurlenk Muharebesinde vefât etdi. Bunun oğulları Sinâneddîn Yûsuf, Bedreddîn Dâvud Paşalardır. Bunlar Bâyezîd Paşa’nın hemşîrezâdeleri olup vezârete kadar terakkî etmişlerdi. Bunlara “Âsâyişî Beyzâdeler” dendi.
In Modern English
He was a native of Amasya, the son of the emir Sunkuroğlu İsa Bey and brother of Yahşi Bey. He was one of the emirs in the time of Hacı Şadgeldi Pasha, and in 783 [1381], while fighting bravely in the war against Kadı Burhaneddin, he was taken prisoner together with Hacı Şadgeldi Pasha. When Hacı Şadgeldi Pasha was killed, he paid a ransom and was freed.
Later he was one of the emirs of Fahreddin Ahmed Pasha, Emir of Amasya, and when the principality of Amasya was attached to Sultan Murad Han I in 788 [1386], he came to the fore through his service, and around 798 [1395-96] he died a martyr in the Rumelian wars. His sons were Yusuf and Hamza Bey. Hamza Bey was son-in-law to his paternal uncle Yahşi Bey and died in 804 [1402] in the war with Timur. His sons were Sinaneddin Yusuf and Bedreddin Davud Pashas. They were children of Bayezid Pasha's sister and had risen as far as the vizierate. They were called the "Asayişî Beyzades".
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- ümerâ: emirs, beys
- cesurâne: bravely, courageously
- fidye-i necât: money paid as the price of deliverance
- maktûl: killed
- inkıyâd: submission, attachment
- sebk: coming to the fore
- hemşîrezâde: a sister's child
- terakkî: advancement
From Principality to Ottoman Rule in Amasya
The events in the entry concern the changes of hands that Amasya went through at the end of the fourteenth century. Hacı Şadgeldi had taken Amasya from Ali Bey, head of the Eretna Principality. Kadı Burhaneddin defeated and killed Şadgeldi in the autumn of 1381; in the fighting some emirs died and some were taken prisoner. Hüsameddin's date 783 agrees with this event. Kadı Burhaneddin could not take Amasya; the notables of the city chose Şadgeldi's son Fahreddin Ahmed as their ruler. Fahreddin Ahmed later declared his allegiance to Murad I. The sources report that Prince Bayezid was appointed sanjak governor of Amasya in 1386; Hüsameddin's date 788 corresponds to this year. The same sources also write that when Yıldırım Bayezid left for the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, he again left Amasya to Fahreddin Ahmed.
Family Ties
Yahşi Bey is the father of Bayezid Pasha, who was later grand vizier from 1413 to 1421. He is the one whom Hüsameddin mentions in this entry as the brother of Âsâyiş Bey. The record that Bayezid Pasha's nephews Sinaneddin Yusuf and Bedreddin Davud reached the vizierate could not be verified in another source. No information was found about Âsâyiş Bey himself other than Hüsameddin. The war of 804 [1402], named as the place where Hamza Bey died, is the year of the Battle of Ankara.
Bibliography
Primary sources
- Abdîzâde Hüseyin Hüsâmeddîn Yasar, Amasya Tarihi, Amasya Belediyesi Kültür Yayınları, 2022, vol. 6, p. 17–18. amasya.bel.tr
Academic studies
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